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A Mongolian border guard outpost director said frankly:
During his service on the Russian-Mongolian border, he not only had to undertake daily border patrol tasks, but also had to herd his own more than 10,000 horses, cattle and sheep. Here, officers are allowed to engage in commercial activities!
Director of the Mongolian-Russian Border Defense
The name of the Mongolian-Russian Border Defense Station Director is Major Timurkin. He graduated from Golitsyn Higher Border Defense Military and Political Red Flag School in 1990 and was appointed major-level outpost commander in 1991.
Unlike the armies of many countries, in Mongolia, military rank plays a paramount role. When a lieutenant graduating from a military academy is appointed to a position with the rank of "major", he is awarded that rank.
However, if for some reason, an officer is demoted, then his rank is also demoted. But this only applies to junior and mid-level officers (including majors). If a lieutenant is awarded the rank of "colonel", he will be closely associated with these stars.
Major Timurkin’s wife (Lotus) is a top student who graduated from a university in Moscow. After getting married, she followed her husband to the border. They have two children who study at a boarding school in Chobasan City, , and come only during holidays.
Mongolian-Russian border outpost
The border post where Major Timurkin is located is the only brick structure building in the Mongolian-Russian border area. It was built during the Soviet-Mongolian friendship period.
For this brick-built post, heating in winter has become the most expensive maintenance cost of this military camp. Budget-strapped border guards are trying to save money by building a circle of yurts around the border post building and living with their families in yurts, just as their nomadic ancestors did.
Except for the Mongolian yurt, there are no other buildings, fences or obstacles around the post.
For existing equipment, the army equipped the border post with a GAZ-66 and several American snowmobiles .
For outposts, these equipment are very valuable. In order to prevent the equipment from being damaged, the soldiers even dug a shelter underground for it. And these devices are only used for emergency tasks and trips to the city to buy groceries, in all other cases it is a horse.
Horses are the main means of transportation for the Mongolian border guards here. There are free pastures near the post. And when encountering wolves, horses can feel danger and will approach the yurt and roar.
Mongolia-Russia border defense outpost personnel are composed of
The Russian-Mongolia border defense outpost present here is composed of 6 soldiers.
Among them are the top commander we mentioned--Major Timurkin, director of the outpost --and two deputy directors--Battle and Huslen. The remaining are 3 fighters, all contract workers.
Captain Batal graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1996 with a degree in border and Coast Guard , and was then sent to serve on the grasslands.
Their daily equipment is ordinary "NATO" camouflage uniforms, AK-47 assault rifles , Mongolian war horses and military dogs .
Mongolia-Russia Border Guard Outpost Soldiers’ Salary
In Mongolia, the salary of officers guarding the border is 5,000 to 7,000 U.S. dollars, while that of ordinary soldiers is only 3,000 U.S. dollars.
In Mongolia, only officers and ordinary soldiers ( contract soldiers ) serve on the border. Conscripts serve only in support units.
In Mongolia, not only the salary of officers is significantly higher than that of soldiers. And officers can raise livestock (horses, cattle, sheep),
For example, Major Timurkin has about 10,000. But regulations prohibited soldiers from doing so.
In Mongolia, the military allows officers to engage in commercial activities without affecting their service.
Director Major Timurkin also has a company that sells meat and fur to Russia and China. The parents of the deputy director, Captain Batal, gave him five refrigerated containers at his wedding. He rented them out and now he lives on these incomes.
The living conditions of soldiers at the Mongolian-Russian border defense outpost
The largest and most beautiful yurt around this border defense outpost belongs to the director of the outpost. Timurkin boasted that he paid nearly $12,000 for his house.
This yurt is a large, comfortable studio apartment. Not only is there a bed and dining table, but it is also equipped with a gasoline generator for daily electricity use, a pumping station that supplies water from a water tank buried behind the yurt, and a dry toilet and a shower room.
In winter, the yurts are heated by stoves, but there are also several electric fireplaces . There is air conditioning but it has never been used.
Behind the yurt of Major Timurkin is the yurt of Captain Batal, one of the deputy directors.
In Captain Batal's "apartment", everything is the same as the commander's, except that the size has been reduced.
Batal said frankly: Once he was appointed as a major, the first thing he had to do was to go to Ulaanbaatar and buy a large yurt.
Here, the homes of ordinary soldiers are relatively poorly decorated. Except for electric lights, generators and toilets are shared. And the water tank is on the street.
Who will graze the officers’ livestock?
The answer is: soldiers.
However, these soldiers do not work voluntarily for the officers. The officers will pay them wages, part of which is money and part of which is meat.
When the soldiers go out on patrol every day, they will first drive the commander's livestock to a place with abundant water and grass, and then start the day's patrol. When the day's work is over, they drive the cattle and sheep back to the pen.
And this most direct reward is: there is never a shortage of meat or wine on the soldiers' table, including stewed, pickled, smoked, boiled, and air-dried meat, as well as vodka .
Of course, soldiers preferred kumis, made from mare's milk, to vodka. To them, it's plain, cloudy, and low-grade, but it tastes good and there's no hangover syndrome.
Perhaps these border guards deal most with livestock and herdsmen. They often encounter lost herds of cattle, sheep and horses during patrols. If they are not stopped, these livestock will cross the border into Russia.
As for livestock crossing the border from Russia, they usually have to detain them first, then notify the veterinary department for inspection and fill out a lot of forms!
As for grassland fire prevention and control in the autumn dry season, sometimes they will be involved if there is not enough manpower.
In short: This is the Mongolian border guard, guarding the Mongolian-Russian border. Like ordinary grassland herders, they live a simple life on the naked Mongolian grassland without a tree within dozens of kilometers.
